SAFETY4SEA Log Issue 22

46 I SAFETY 4SEA log I January 2018 I ISSUE 22 safety4sea.com ARTICLE Attendance by sector Explore more at https://goo.gl/DM5mmd Panel No. 5 – Safety Culture Yuzuru Goto, K Line LNG Ship- ping (UK) , stressed that failures occur because it is difficult to eliminate risk in a complex industry like shipping, regardless all efforts on technology, training, regulations and procedures. Taking into consideration that in shipping accidents, crew knew before the event of the failures that caused the incident, but they failed to raise or correct the issue, the way to tackle this is to create strong organizational culture. Erik Green, Green-Jakobsen , explained how to measure real safety performance, considering that TMSA3 requirements and industry stakehol- ders are increasingly turning their attention towards safety performance that is driven by people’s enhanced soft skills. Vivek Menon, SEAHEALTH , focused his presentation on the ‘Safety Recruitment Assessment’ which as- sesses the likelihood for individuals to perform in a safe manner and enables the maritime industry to recruit the right people. Each potential staff member is assessed by using three elements - Knowledge, Personality and Reasoning. The process is on three distinct aspects that combine to filter applicants through to identify one firm safety profile. Panel No. 6 – Ship Operators Vetting Capt. Panagiotis Nikiteas, Anan- gel Maritime Services , encouraged operators to discuss and implement actions to bring operators and mana- gers to the forefront of developments and applied innovations, instead of discussing about vetting theory and following directly or indirectly imposed requirements. Stavros Meidanis, Capital Ship Management , presented the chal- lenges of TMSA3 for the ship operator. He talked about the major changes introduced, such as expansion of Ele- ment 6 - Cargo, Ballast, Tank Cleaning, Bunkering, Mooring and Anchoring Operations, an updated Element 10 combining Environmental and Energy Management and a newly introduced one, Element 13 - Cyber Security. Capt. Panos Chatzikyriakos, Sea World Management & Trading , provided insight into the current vetting challenges and urged for caution in determining the right indicators and targets for companies with this type of culture as the individuals may see their role as managing the indicator rather than managing the process that it is indicative of.